What Effect Will Legalizing Marijuana Have on Addiction and Treatment?

Cannabis (aka marijuana) was not always considered the problematic substance it is today. In fact, cannabis was a common ingredient in many medicines right up until the early twentieth century when politicians played on people’s fear of the Mexican refugees who were fleeing to American safety during and after the Mexican revolution and then decades later it was labeled a Schedule I narcotic in the Controlled Substances Act. You can read more details here.

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